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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, January 24, 1958 Okinawa Within Missile Range of Every Eastern Asia Trouble Spot Editor's note: Th United States is buiidine its strategy in the West ern Pacific around the stronzhnld of Okinawa, a semi-tropical island 7J miles long, some 1.000 miles sooth of Tokyo. Last week the is land capital of Nana installed its second leftist mayor. How reliable Is Okinawa as a base, What is its future? By ARNOLD DIBBLE United Press Correspondent Tokyo (W The biggest American stronghold in the Pacific is Okinawa. It is with in 1,500 miles range of an intermediate range ballistic missile of virtually every potential trouble spot in East ern Asia. But this works two ways. So is Okinawa really a vitally valuable base in the atomic age? This reporter spent 10 days in Okinawa recently and pro pounded this question to many persons. Very few doubted that Okinawa was a highly -prized piece of mili tary real estate, but with im portant qualifications. First, though virtually no one will talk about it, it must be realized that Okinawa to day is fully ready for instant atomic retaliation. There are rockets and planes ready to strike at once. 1 And secondly, with the rough, tough 3rd Marine Di vision encamped there, Oki nawan forces are ready to move at once to intervene in so-called "brush fire" wars. The Third Marines, for in stance, were put on transports and headed for sea when the Indonesian crisis was at its height. Could Be Neutralized But the qualifications are important, too. There is. no doubt that three well-placed nuclear bombs from the Red Chinese mainland could put the island out of business. And in case of war, there could be sabotage of considerable pro portions behind the lines by Communists. However, this is true of vir tually every base in the world which rings Russia or Red China. Meantime, what has the military made of Okinawa? Medford Man fo Address ABA Group Dick Finch, Medford appli- : ance dealer, plans to go to -Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 3, 4 and 5, where he will address the installment credit commis sion of the American Bankers association on dealer sale3 fi nancing problems. Finch recently was present- ' j u ; i a ijiaijue iui 1119 icpuil uil a national survey of sales financing methods and prob lems of appliance dealers. The presentation was made dur ing a convention of the Na tional Appliance Radio Deal ers' association in Chicago Jan. 11-15. He was elected a member of the board of di rectors of the association for the second term. Finch also will serve as chairman of the national manufacturers relations com mittee which serves as a liai son group between dealers and the flpneral FlortnV mm. pany. There are 40,000 Marines, Army, Air Force and Navy men on the island. Many of them Marines excepted have brought dependents. Thera are row upon row of one story, modern type houses in neat, grassy housing areas, many overlooking the beauti ful China Sea. v The Americans have brought their cars, too. But traffic is kept running smooth ly and a 30 m.p.h. speed limit is strictly enforced. It also is an island of giant PXs, of fabulous military clubs, swimming pools and a much criticized golf course. This course is primitive in deed by U.S. standards, but because arable land is so scarce, it is the target of bit ter propaganda by the leftists. Claim PXi Too Big There also is the charge that Okinawa is one giant post exchange. Quotes From the News fly4UNITED PRESS Chicago Vice President Richard M. Nixon, in a filmed television program sponsored by the American Medical asso ciation, on our relations with the peoples of the world: "In my travels ... I have often observed how a hand outstretchid in friendship a heart full of good will can do more to win the affection and support of people than all the guns in our arsenal." Nashville, Tenn. Board Chairman Ernest R. Breech of Ford Motor Co., in a speech attacking the "unbridled" growth of union power and United Auto Workers demands for profit-sharing and higher pay: "Free industry begins Jo see its very existence threatened by that (union) power, and it will have no choice but to fight as effective a defense as it can." Detroit Henry R. Hall, South Bend, Ind., delegate to the United Auto Workers bargaining convention, on the reac tions of Sen. Barry Goldwater (R.-Ariz.), Harlow H. Curtice, General Mtors president, and L. L. Colbert, Chrysler presi dent against the union's profit-sharing proposal: "They always did give us the blame for the rain that fell and took credit for the sun, that shined." Seoul, Korea President Syngman Rhee of the Republic of Korea, on whether his government will accept American intermediate range ballistic, or any other missiles: "It is our position that if Americans and our own mili tary men consider missiles IRBMs or any other type es sential to Korean defense, we shall be glad to accept them.'" Ankara, Turkey Gen. Maxwell Taylor, Army chief of staff, arriving here for Baghdad Pact military committee talks, on proposels for Defense department reorganization: "The Army is willing to discuss any step to improve American combat readiness." It is true that the PXs cater to just about every need. American businessmen c o m plain that the PX has far ex ceeded its original purpose of supplying necessities to serv icemen away from home. Inevitably, the PX has led to black marketing. It is esti mated that at least 50 per cent of the coffee in Japan is smuggled from Okinawa. And there are shops along the main highways openly selling spare parts for American re frigerators, stoves and autos. These parts could come from only one source. But it all adds up to a com fortable place for Americans to live. And this is reflected by the reenlistment rate which, for the Air Force,' is the high est in the world. Los Angeles Aim Of Underworld Los Angeles (IF Big-time underworld leaders and Mafia hoodlums have moved into the Los Angeles area and hope to take over control of city government, Police Chief William Parker warned Thursday. In an appearance before a meeting of the City Council's special Committee on Govern ment Efficiency and Econo my, Parker urged doubling the city's present police force of 4,478 men. "We have lost control of the crime problem in the city," Parker declared. Crime so far in 1958 is run ning 35 per cent ahead of last year, and last year was bad." Parker charged that while the city has increased in popu lation by 400,000 persons since 1950, the force has only 25 more men than it did eight years ago. "It is only a matter of time until a Costello mob moves in here and turns Los An geles into another Chicago," the chief declared. He added that members of the under world have Jaeen spotted in San Fernando Valley, but in vestigation showed "they are not necessarily engaged in il legal actions at this time." 2 price special! MEDFORD LIMITS D TIME ONLY springtime special DESERT FLOWER Hand and Body Lotion and Toilet Water G v . s . 0 f. - - L5? DESERT 111 I value J .MSI SHTLTON offers yon these two Desert Flower luxuries Petal-pink Hand and Body Lotion to make "winter-weary' skin soft and lustrous Plus, the exquisitely fragrant Desert Flower Toilet Water to make you sparkle with elegance this spring. 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